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Monday, August 12, 2013

Contest: Win Tickets to Romeo and Juliet

Update: The contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. I love that there were so many different Shakespeare plays represented in your answers. The winner was picked at random from all the entries. Congratulations Liz!

Romeo and Juliet is coming back to Broadway for the first time since 1986 and I'm giving away a pair of tickets. The star-crossed lovers will be played by Orlando Bloom of Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings fame and two-time Tony nominee Condola Rashad. It starts previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on September 19 with an official opening of September 19. The production also stars Brent Carver as Friar Laurence, Jayne Houdeyshell as the Nurse, Chuck Cooper as Lord Capulet, and Christian Camargo as Mercutio. This will be a contemporary take which will retain Shakespeare's language.

The coolest thing about this production, in my opinion, is that $20 tickets will be available for each performance for college students and educators. College students can purchase $20 tickets in advance either at the box office with valid ID or online, exclusively through TIX4STUDENTS.COM. Limit of two tickets per order; price does not include facility fee. Educators may purchase $20 tickets in advance at the box office with valid ID. Educator tickets are only available for purchase at the box office. Limit of two tickets per order; price does not include facility fee.

In order to win a pair of tickets to see the show, leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite Shakespeare play and why. For an extra entry, tweet about the contest or retweet one of my tweets about it. You must be following on Twitter for the extra entry. A winner will be chosen at random from all the entries on Friday, August 16, at 5:30 p.m. Please include your e-mail address or Twitter handle in the comments so I have a way to contact you if you win. Good luck!

My favorite Shakespeare play has to be Romeo and Juliet! It's the only Shakespeare play that I've read because it was required in high school, and I actually really enjoyed it! I would love to be able to see it on Broadway! Twitter: @kyledmorales

I love "Hamlet". I remember being transfixed by it as a child and trying hard to figure out what all the strange words meant. Growing up I became obsessed with all the film adaptations and sadly I've yet to see it onstage.

Picking a favorite is hard... But in talking about Romeo & Juliet, it's the beauty of the tragedy of love that makes it powerful. The ultimate downfall of each character is that they are so blind to anything but love (romantic or otherwise). We all love, but it's important to be open to the world around us as well.@samicat_

My favorite is Taming of the Shrew. Which sounds like a terrible favorite to have, but I saw an amazing production that changed the play into a feminist piece without changing a word. It really showed me how Shakespeare can transcend even the time he wrote in. Plus who doesn't love 10 Things I Hate About You?

Until last year, I would have said Macbeth for the darkness & power in the text. However, after seeing Mark Rylance in Twelfth Night at The Globe in London last year, I have to go with that play. His performance (and that of the entire amazing cast) brought out aspects of the text I had never noticed before and made it a fantastic night. @hollisst

My favorite just might be As You Like it. I worked on a production of that in college and even tho it was set work and 'effects of the magical forest of Arden' my work was called out positively by the local paper and the School paper. Take that away and I love Mackers, not just for the story itself, (and the fact that i am half Scots and a man not of woman born) but the impact it has had in all media since, up to and including the cartoon Gargoyles

As You Like It is my favorite. It's the only Shakespeare play in which a woman holds the highest percentage of the lines. The comedy is great and the language is light and clever. One of my favorite productions of As You Like It was last year's Daniel Sullivan version at the Delecorte. A wonderful summer play.

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